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May 24th ZOOM

Ok, so here we go again!

Last week was challenging, so we will repeat it slightly as it is beneficial. As usual, all you need to do is arrive with your thinking cap on and see what develops.

Zsolt Zsemba is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Zsolt Zsemba’s Zoom MeetingTime: May 24, 2025 09:00 AM WIB
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🧠 Zoom Class: Speak Like a Native – Idioms & Acronyms (Set 2)

🕐 Class Flow: Fresh Set

0–5 min: Icebreaker

  • Ask: “Which English words confuse you the most?”
  • Show funny acronyms like OMG and idioms like cold feet to spark curiosity.

5–20 min: Teach 5 New Idioms + 5 New Acronyms

🗣️ Idioms:

  1. Cold feet – nervous before doing something
    “She got cold feet before the wedding.”
  2. Bite off more than you can chew – take on too much
    “He started three jobs and bit off more than he could chew.”
  3. The ball is in your court – it’s your turn to decide
    “I gave my opinion, now the ball is in your court.”
  4. Jump on the bandwagon – follow a trend
    “Everyone’s doing it, so I jumped on the bandwagon.”
  5. Add fuel to the fire – make a situation worse
    “He yelled, which just added fuel to the fire.”

🔤 Acronyms:

  1. OMG – Oh My God
  2. IDK – I Don’t Know
  3. FYI – For Your Information
  4. IMO – In My Opinion
  5. BFF – Best Friends Forever

🎤 Ask students to say the idiom/acronym + meaning + repeat a sentence together.

20–35 min: Sentence Stretch – From Phrase to Paragraph

Activity:

  • Give each student a random idiom and acronym.
  • Task: Make a sentence using each one.
  • Then extend it with details: who, what, when, where, why.

📌 Example:

  • IDK what to eat tonight. I might order pizza again because I’m too tired to cook.
  • I had cold feet before my first job interview, but I did it anyway!

35–45 min: Partner Challenge – Say It in Style

Each pair creates a 4-line dialogue using 2 idioms + 2 acronyms.

  • Example:
    • A: “OMG, I forgot my homework!”
    • B: “IDK what to tell the teacher. Just say you had cold feet!”
    • A: “LOL, good idea.”
    • B: “FYI, that excuse might not work.”

45–55 min: Create Your Own Acronym Challenge

  • Each student invents 1 new acronym.
  • Explain what it means and use it in a sentence.

🎁 Example:

  • FGL – Feeling Great Lately
    “FGL! I got good news today.”

🎨 Option: Draw or act out their acronym.

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Zsolt Zsemba

Zsolt Zsemba has worn many different hats. He has been an entrepreneur, and businessman for over 30 years. Living abroad has given him many amazing experiences in life and also sparked his imagination for writing. After moving to Canada from Hungary at the age of 10 and working in a family business for a large part of his life. The switch from manufacturing to writing came surprisingly easily for him. His passion for writing began at age 12, mostly writing poetry and short stories. In 1999, the chance came to write scripts. Zsolt took some time off from his family business to write in Jakarta Indonesia for MD Entertainment. Having written dozens of soap operas and made for TV movies, in 2003 Zsolt returned to the family business once more. In 2018, he had the chance to head back to Asia once again. He took on the challenge to be the COO for MD Pictures and get back into the entertainment business. The entertainment business opened up the desire to write once more and the words began to flow onto the pages again. He decided to rewrite a book he began years ago. Organ House was reborn and is a fiction suspense novel while Scars is a young adult drama focused on life’s challenges. After the first two books, his desire to write not only became more challenging but enjoyable as well. After having several books completed he was convinced to publish them for your enjoyment. Zsolt does not tend to stay in one specific genre but tends to lean towards strong female leads and horror. Though he also has a few human interest books, he tends to write about whatever brews in his brain for a while.